Close shops by 8pm: Taposh

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday urged shopkeepers and owners of businesses to close down their establishments by 8pm to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.

He came up with the request while talking to reporters after visiting Gopibagh Boys' Club field in the city.

"I have two requests to Dhaka dwellers -- please close shops and all business establishments by 8pm as the coronavirus infection rate is on the rise again," the mayor said.

The government has issued a public notice in this regard, he said, adding that the transmission rate of the virus will come down if health safety protocols are maintained.

DSCC Chief Executive Officer ABM Amin Ullah, Chief Waste Management Officer Air Commodore Md Badrul Amin, Chief Engineer Rezaur Rahman, Secretary Akramuzzaman were present at the event, among others.

Bangladesh is seeing an alarming rise in coronavirus infections in the past few weeks after a downtrend in both the death toll and new cases.